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Nurse (Act 1 Scene 3 ('Pretty wretch' & 'thou wilt fall…
Nurse
Act 1 Scene 3
Introduced to Nurse before Lady C - shows how the Nurse is more important than Lady C in the course of the play (as J confidante and go-between) but also how the affinity between J and N is stronger than that between J and Lady C, her own mother- Ironic as Nurse would have had the least power
Passage is very long with lots of topic shifts indicated by '-' - Nurse is rather garrulous and easily distracted & shows the length of love she has for J whilst topic shifts shows how the Nurse's extreme feelings for J have altered her mental state, as she is unable to maintain a thought pattern as she becomes flooded with memories and emotions - Link to A3S5 'Mumbling fool'
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'Wormwood'
Star that fell from the sky in the Bible and poisoned water supplies - Falling star could foreshadow the inevitable death of J who is described using celestial imagery in A1S5 'torches to burn bright' - The fact that the Nurse 'rubbed wormwood on her dug' shows how the Nurse 'poisoned' Juliet, causing the Nurse to be responsible for J death.
Throughout play, love is described as something that causes 'sick health' (A1S1) - Unconditional love for J has blinded her rationale 'who's view is muffled still' (A1S1), leading to J death
'By my holidame' - N describes herself as having 'holidame' (Virgin Mary) - Links to A1S5 where J is describes as a 'saint' - N and J are alike due to upbringing as wet nurse
Act 2 Scene 2
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'Are you too hot?'
Ref A3S5 'You are too hot, my lord' - J is mimicking Lord C and it was the mother who dealt with the maid, not the father - Affinity between J and N is weakening
Act 2 Scene 5
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Imperatives - 'do your messages yourself' - Juxtaposes J in A3S5 who is submissive 'I beseech you' - Juxtaposition between powerless and powerful further expresses the distancing between J and N as N has defied her mistress - Nurse's rise in power has distanced her from the 'weak' J
N says J cheeks will be 'scarlet' - Link to A5S3 when Romeo describes Juliet as having 'crimson in thy cheeks' just before she wakes up from her slumber - J is about to wake up from her 'intellectual' slumber where she realises she is not like the Nurse, leading to their separation
Act 3 Scene 5
'Ancient damnation' and 'wicked fiend' - semantic field of 'evil' juxtapose A1S5 where J is described as a 'dear saint' which connotes holiness and goodness - Juxtaposition shows how N and J have lost their affinity to such an extent that J views N as the polar opposite to her, with opposite views. N as a figure of evil would invoke reaction from religious audience to possibly make them hate N and understand the depth of J emotions'
N ‘speaks from her heart and soul’ when referring to R as 'dishclout' - Juxtaposes J view of R shows how intrinsically, N and J will not agree and they will never have their affinity back - reinforced via use of 'thou' and 'thy in 'speakest thou from thy heart'
N and J lack of affinity may be due to intrinsically different beliefs (Shown through juxtaposing images of evil and good) but also how 'God has joined our hearts' in A4S2 but separated N and J